You do speak some truth here Kamal. I agree there have been such 'experts', not only lecturing Assam, but also giving Assam's know-nothing and do-nothing governments 'expert advice', heaven only knows for what.
>( looking at their occupational profile and expertise level ), **** That is an accurate observation. Not necessarily an universal truth--there ARE exceptions, but as a rule it stands. > >Our coffee-table >discussion may go on and on but nothing significant/ good will come out of it. **** But I disagree on the above and also about: > >particularly keeping American scenario at the backdrop) If NRAs from America speak about their experiences in America or about what they learnt in America, that is NOT irrelevant. Not all talk also is 'lecturing' --we have to be careful with the words and phrases we use to characterize them, just as RAs like Swapnil do too. The point is that we must be careful about making broad-brush judgements culled from tiny samples. I realize that is a part of the desi-culture that most of us still suffer from, not just RAs, NRAs too. > >The Asomiya emigres don't teach their descendants how to >speak their native language and the same Asomiyas talk of soaking Asomiya ' nisukoni geet' in salt and vinegar for preservation-----just in case !!! A strange lot indeed. **** I have trouble with Asom . What in the heck is it, khai-ne-kaanot-pindhe'? How is it pronounced? Like perhaps as in Atom ? You didn't mean Oxom here did you :-)? Also, the example really has nothing to do with what a kharkhowa emigre can contribute or not to Assam's welfare. At 10:58 PM -0500 7/7/08, kamal deka wrote: >The piece written by Swapnil Bharali,although not a scholarly one,can't be >dismissed as an infantile outburst nor can we brush aside some of his points >as tripe. >The annually-held jamboree of the NRA's in Guwahati and frequent descent of >some NRA's on Asom's soil,flaunting themselves to be ' experts' ( or >projecting themselves to be Napoleon of economics ) must have set many >natives thinking that their so-called 'rich' and 'expert cousins' are, in >fact,capable of casting a magic spell in the economic and intellectual >development of Asom.I have felt a compulsive urge to demolish this myth.And >I would do that in a separate piece. > >The fact remains that the members of the Asomiya diaspora,living thousands >of miles away ( looking at their occupational profile and expertise level ), >will not be able to make any significant dent in the area of Asom's >economic/intellectual firmament.At the end of the day,it is the native >Asomiyas who have to look after their own interest.Our coffee-table >discussion may go on and on but nothing significant/ good will come out of >it. > >In my humble opinion,delivering lectures ( particularly keeping American >scenario at the backdrop) by some NRA's in Asom or putting out occasional >statements by the same tribe in regard to Asom,s plight,can be seen as a >flash in the pan.The Asomiya emigres don't teach their descendants how to >speak their native language and the same Asomiyas talk of soaking Asomiya ' >nisukoni geet' in salt and vinegar for preservation-----just in case !!! A >strange lot indeed. > >KJ Deka,Sugarland,Texas >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
